(meteorology) the horizontal transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties
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A line connecting or marking places upon the surface of the earth where height of the barometer reduced to sea level is the same either at a given time, or for a certain period (mean height), as for a year; an isopiestic line.
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a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck"
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography.(meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography.(meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter; "unfortunately some writers have used bar for one dyn…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography.a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck"
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography.(meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography.meteorology of climates and their phenomena
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography.(meteorology) the vertical movement of heat or other properties by massive motion within the atmosphere
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography.(meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography.(meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography.a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography.a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck"
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography.precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography.(meteorology) an isogram connecting points having the same temperature at a given time
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography.the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather)
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography.(meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography.(meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Weather, Climate and weather geography.the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin; "the sensitivity of his skin to pressure and temperature wa…
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The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: line, connecting, marking, places, upon.Space extended upward; height; the perpendicular elevation of an object above its foundation, above the ground, or above a given level…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: line, connecting, marking, places, upon.The standard atmospheric pressure used in certain physical measurements calculations; conventionally, that pressure under which the ba…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: line, connecting, marking, places, upon.Pertaining to the barometer; made or indicated by a barometer; as, barometric changes; barometrical observations.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: line, connecting, marking, places, upon.An instrument for the accurate measurement of small differences of height; esp. of the differences in the height of the upper surfaces…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: line, connecting, marking, places, upon.A surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner as always to meet a given straight line and a given curve,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: line, connecting, marking, places, upon.Shortened or reduced; -- said of the distance of a planet from the sun or earth, as measured in the plane of the ecliptic, or the dist…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: line, connecting, marking, places, upon.The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathemati…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: line, connecting, marking, places, upon.A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer, ship's compass, c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: line, connecting, marking, places, upon.A process for producing a design upon a surface in relief so that it can be printed from. Prepared chalk or oxide of zinc is pressed u…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: line, connecting, marking, places, upon.The source, fountain, spring, or beginning, as of a stream or river; as, the head of the Nile; hence, the altitude of the source, or t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: line, connecting, marking, places, upon.the scientific study of the earth's configuration above sea level (emphasizing the measurement of land altitudes relative to sea level)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: line, connecting, marking, places, upon.
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